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A look inside San Jose politics and cultureTue, 14 Aug 2018 20:41:41 -0700en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.2Should Congress Still be Paid During the Federal Government Shutdown?http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2013/10/10/10_10_13_congress_federal_government_shutdown_paychecks/
http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2013/10/10/10_10_13_congress_federal_government_shutdown_paychecks/#commentsThu, 10 Oct 2013 20:30:55 +0000http://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/entries/10_10_13_congress_federal_government_shutdown_paychecks/Almost two weeks into the federal government shutdown, there are still 800,000 employees sitting at home, waiting for Congress to approve a budget and allow them to get back to work. Meanwhile, members of Congress have not had any hold placed on their paychecks, and a growing number of people are not happy about it.
]]>Almost two weeks into the federal government shutdown, there are still 800,000 employees sitting at home, waiting for Congress to approve a budget and allow them to get back to work.

Khanna is not alone in asking why Congress gets paid for not doing its job while 800,000 federal workers are furloughed. A handful of California’s congressional leaders have already stopped taking their paychecks during the shutdown or, in the case of California senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, donated them to charity.

Circulating petitions are requesting that members of Congress give up their pay during the shutdown. A petition on moveon.org has already gathered more than 410,000 signatures.